Sore/lame.. cant find a reason! HELP

Carly · 06-14-2007, 10:33 PM

Jess has been sore/lame off and on for the past ooh month or so?
It does NOT get worse when ridden. I have pulled her out and she has been okay.. then she gets sore, and you cant tell when riding her (like you can normally feel something is off.. you cant! even my friend couldn't when she rode her) No heat, no swelling, no marks, no lumps, no NOTHING we cant find anything.
She did have a stone bruise a few weeks ago, and a week or so before that her feet were in terrible shape and were cracked etc.. had farrier out put front shoes on her, got a stone bruise left hind.
Left for a bit out in pasture to let that heal, got her hind shoes on Tues, was fine for a day- rode her normally.
Then last night part way into riding her she gets sore again. Its obvious to the eye, not when riding her.. but its not obvious WHERE she might be sore.
I though maybe it was from the sand arena, as it is DEEP and I hate the footing, but then before she hadn't been in there for weeks and she was still sore.
Nowhere on her leg/foot can we find a touchy/sore spot where she doesn't want touched/played with.
ETA- It's her left hind.. what I mean by not worse when ridden, is if she gets sore while in the middle of a ride, it hasnt ever gotten worse.
I don't know what to do.
Someone says hip. someone says foot.. she doesn't hesitate to move out u/s, but will when on the ground with no rider.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

tbtrainer · 06-15-2007, 04:22 AM

Has a vet looked at her?

Chester · 06-15-2007, 04:27 AM

Get the vet to her. We could come up with all sorts of things, but the vet will make a correct diagnosis of it.

JBandRio · 06-15-2007, 06:01 AM

How do you know it's the LH?

Ditto getting the vet out.

Here are some preliminary investigations you can do:
Is she better/worse on grass, sand, concrete?
Is she better/worse going right or left?
Is she better/worse on a bigger circle or smaller one?

06-14-2007, 10:33 PM	#1
Carly Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 6,709 Images: 574 Blog Entries: 5	Sore/lame.. cant find a reason! HELP Jess has been sore/lame off and on for the past ooh month or so? It does NOT get worse when ridden. I have pulled her out and she has been okay.. then she gets sore, and you cant tell when riding her (like you can normally feel something is off.. you cant! even my friend couldn't when she rode her) No heat, no swelling, no marks, no lumps, no NOTHING we cant find anything. She did have a stone bruise a few weeks ago, and a week or so before that her feet were in terrible shape and were cracked etc.. had farrier out put front shoes on her, got a stone bruise left hind. Left for a bit out in pasture to let that heal, got her hind shoes on Tues, was fine for a day- rode her normally. Then last night part way into riding her she gets sore again. Its obvious to the eye, not when riding her.. but its not obvious WHERE she might be sore. I though maybe it was from the sand arena, as it is DEEP and I hate the footing, but then before she hadn't been in there for weeks and she was still sore. Nowhere on her leg/foot can we find a touchy/sore spot where she doesn't want touched/played with. ETA- It's her left hind.. what I mean by not worse when ridden, is if she gets sore while in the middle of a ride, it hasnt ever gotten worse. I don't know what to do. Someone says hip. someone says foot.. she doesn't hesitate to move out u/s, but will when on the ground with no rider. Any thoughts/suggestions? __________________ Okay I HAVE to say it.. its BELGIAN not BELGIUM.. its a horse, not a place or a chocolate! "I've been Goosed!"

06-15-2007, 04:22 AM	#2
tbtrainer Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 5,652 Images: 320	Has a vet looked at her? __________________ Join the HGS prayer Chain! Just copy and paste this as your signature and say a little prayer for one of your HGS friends! $$Proud Member of the Thoroughbred Club$$ "I've been Goosed!" *In my experience, the best way to slow down a runaway horse is to bet on it...*

06-15-2007, 04:27 AM	#3
Chester Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inland of the coral sea Posts: 8,656 Images: 700	Get the vet to her. We could come up with all sorts of things, but the vet will make a correct diagnosis of it. __________________ Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI "We're all members of the outback club, we don't back down and we don't give up" Lee Kernaghan "Good friends are worth more than money any day" Adam Brand Is it full moon time again? Did the cereal truck overturn and fruitloops got spilt?

06-15-2007, 06:01 AM	#4
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 19,665 Images: 121 Blog Entries: 12	How do you know it's the LH? Ditto getting the vet out. Here are some preliminary investigations you can do: Is she better/worse on grass, sand, concrete? Is she better/worse going right or left? Is she better/worse on a bigger circle or smaller one? __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

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